Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

" Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands."

Five Tips to Choosing the Right Laptop Or Notebook Computer

Whether looking for cheap laptops or a nice HP notebook, knowing what to look for in a computer makes the purchase more smooth and satisfying.

With gigabytes, wireless connections and multimedia setups, choosing the right notebook computer from among the sea of cheap laptops often seems like a daunting task for consumers who aren’t tech savvy.

Is there a difference between an HP notebook and a Toshiba laptop? Are cheap laptops a good way of saving money or is it worthwhile to spend the money on an expensive one? What kind of performance should be expected from a modern laptop?

There are so many questions. The easiest way to ensure the right laptop is purchased is to look at these Top 5 tips.

Go with a name brand: Toshiba, Dell, Sony and HP notebook computers are all well established names. There is a reason. They’ve all been around for more than a decade and have demonstrated they produce quality products. If the goal is to upgrade a current laptop, there is nothing wrong with brand loyalty. If an HP notebook computer satisfied earlier needs, it will probably be good again. Cheap laptops may save money initially, but they are more likely to break or die early.

Cheap isn’t always bad: Consider what the laptop will be used for. Many people don’t need full-blown multimedia notebook machines with all the latest technology. Those who are looking for cheap laptops that will only really be used for writing, emailing and surfing the internet are finding that basic a notebook computer fulfills those needs at a greatly reduced price. They also tend to be significantly smaller, making travelling easier. Just make sure they have the ability to plug in accessories.

Check for expandability: While this advice is truly important for a notebook computer, it holds for all laptops. Look for at least two USB ports, which allow accessories like a mouse, storage device or video camera to be connected to the unit. A slot for memory cards is incredibly useful, especially when transferring photos, and a firewire port is also good to have.

Try the keyboard: Some keyboards have a great feel, while others can make typing difficult. Pay special attention to the spacing and responsiveness of the keys. Most people who’ve used laptops grow accustomed to the feel of a particular manufacturer’s keyboard. This is another example of why replacing an HP notebook with another HP notebook can work well.

Check the standard features: Cheap laptops might not contain some of the devices that most would believe come standard. DVD burners are important for watching movies or transferring data. Internal wireless modems are almost a must for those who do a lot of work on the internet. Just because one laptop offers an item, doesn’t mean all do.

These five tips should provide a good starting point when deciding which laptop or notebook computer to buy. There are, of course, other factors like processor speed and screen resolution that can be considered, but the advice on such features is simple: get the best that can be afforded. Technology tends to advance quickly, so better speed initially will allow the computer to stay current longer.

Whether buying cheap laptops or top-of-the line multimedia machines, following the above tips should help ensure the unit best fits the needs its user.

Real Democracy...
In the present system of democratic process if a candidate gets 15-20% votes of the total population of that constituency, he will be in majority where as the majority does not like him to be their representative because of political and other rivalries. In other words the elected candidate is not the real representative of all the voters.

To overcome this problem, it is suggested that we remove all politicians from power and elect an independent candidate. This will facilitate a direct approach of the people to the officials (Executives) to get things done i.e. political interference is not there at all.

There will not be any leader among the elected representatives and all are equal. Their duty is to see the peoples problems attended by the concerned officials i.e. executives and the judiciary.

This is required because politicians hide lot of things from the public and when some corruption is coming to the light, they conduct an enquiry, again spending the public money.

This is one type of decentralization of power and people can watch the officials doing their duties without political influence.

After successfully implementing this in the local body level, this can be put into practice so that we can save lot of money which is being spent for enjoyment of politicians as ministers etc…..

So think over this now and put it into practice without delay.

How to argue with your boss and win ... may be

Do your homework and try not to be confrontational when disagreeing 

Apple's people told Steve Jobs the new iPhone had antenna problems that needed fixing. They didn't get through, though, and as a result Apple brought a faulty product to market. It's hard to disagree with the boss, especially a hard-driving, charismatic one like Jobs. But it's part of a manager's responsibility to push back against a decision, a plan or a directive that's faulty. Here's how you can argue successfully with the boss and live to tell about it. Take these three steps. 

1. Get all the facts. Is the boss's decision really boneheaded? Maybe there are reasons for it that you don't understand. The company's strategy could be shifting in response to competitors' moves, a pending cash crunch, a regulatory problem, M&A activity, or other conditions not yet apparent to you. It's possible that the boss understands there will be problems but feels that from a big-picture perspective the plan makes sense. 

You'll encourage an open discussion about the decision if you listen respectfully as the boss announces it rather than reflexively arguing against it or, worse, disagreeing in public or losing your temper. Ask for "background" about the plan, not a "rationale" for it, which can sound confrontational. Learn what it's meant to achieve. Learn in what ways the decision is based on solid evidence, and in what ways on assumptions. Ask open-ended questions about the effect it will have on staff, the supply chain, finances, the company's reputation and so on. 

Tell the boss you agree with his objectives, or you agree that change is needed, or that there are parts of the plan that sound really good to you. Ask for permission to study it and discuss it later. Schedule a meeting. 

Gather all the intelligence that's available so you can develop an alternate plan that achieves the original decision's objectives but avoids its problems. 

2. Develop your plan. Don't let your disappointment about the decision make you feel you have to start from scratch. Identify what's good about the boss's plan. Try to retain those parts, not only because they're right but also to give the boss some ownership of your version. Get creative. Think about all the other ways the expected goals could be reached. You can begin by picturing an ideal solution and thinking forward to see what would be needed to make it work. 

Mine your network for ideas. Ask people across the company how they can add value to your proposition. Suppliers can be especially useful to talk with, since they may have processes that can help. As you talk with others, make it clear that you're looking for the best way to make the boss's plan work, not trying to supplant it with your own. 

Test your plan with trusted advisors. They may identify flaws you don't see. Maybe your plan won't generate revenue quickly enough. Maybe it relies on resources that are no longer available. Your advisors can help you make the process you're proposing faster, cheaper and even more effective. They also can tell you if it will threaten someone who might try to block it. Working with them, you can find ways to get that person's support. 

Think about the boss's personal motivators as well. Maybe he's playing it safe because of a pending retirement, or maybe he's accepting some risk to earn a huge bonus. You can't get into someone else's mind, but you can try to get into the boss's shoes, to look at the plan from his perspective. (While you're at it, examine your own motives: Are you against the plan because it hurts you in some way? Because you weren't consulted? Because the boss is a dork who couldn't have any good ideas?) 

3. Present your plan. Anticipate what questions the boss may ask about your plan, and prepare concise, persuasive answers to them. Prepare a written summary that you'll leave behind. Present your plan with confidence and enthusiasm, because if you don't show you believe in it, the boss won't either. 

Begin by describing the plan's payoffs, and then go into details of its implementation. Don't burden the boss with too much detail, though, unless you're asked for it. Once the boss is satisfied with your answer to a question, stop explaining and move on with your presentation. Avoid digressing from your main message or mentioning other people's criticisms of the boss's plan. 

Choose your words carefully. When discussing the original plan, never use the word "disagree." That might get the boss's back up. Even a "but" might infer you're negating what the boss says. Present "recommendations" or "suggestions," not the "conclusion" you reached about what's needed, which would sound pompous. 

Despite your best efforts, the boss may insist that you carry out the original plan. If that happens, the best solution may be to get approval to do so on a test basis. Be sure you make it an honest test, not one intended to showcase the plan's weaknesses. Document every step. Let staff members who don't have an interest in the results help you make your evaluation. Cite their participation when you report the results. 

What can you do if the boss remains unpersuaded? Come to the meeting prepared for that possibility. If the plan violates law or compromises ethics, you may choose to refuse and accept the consequences. Absent those kinds of problems, though, you can agree to move ahead and feel good about it because you've met your obligation to make a strong case against the decision. Be sure the boss understands that you're ready to move forward with dedication and enthusiasm. 

At some point every manager has to argue with the boss. Whether or not you're successful, the challenge can provide a payoff. You get to demonstrate leadership, creativity, an ability to negotiate and deep concern for the well being of both your boss and the company.

How to Tell When Someone is Lying

Watching body language in addition to what is spoken might just save you from being a victim of fraud, or it could help you figure out when somebody’s being genuine. The police do this during an interrogation.

You have to learn the little facial and body expressions that can help you distinguish a lie from the truth. Here are some steps and tips to do so.


Learn to recognize deflections. Usually when people are lying, they will tell stories that are true but are deliberately aimed at not answering the question you asked. If a person responds to the question “Did you ever hit your wife?” with an answer such as “I love my wife, why would I do that?”, the suspect is technically telling a truth, but they are avoiding answering your original question, which usually means they’re lying.
Mind exaggerated details. See if they are telling you too much, like “My mom is living in France, isn’t it nice there? Don’t you like the Eiffel tower? It’s so clean there.” Too many details may tip you off to their desperation to get you to believe them.
We have illustrators, and manipulators. Illustrators are a sign of telling the truth, this is when you are using your hand gestures to talk. moving your hands while you are talking is a sign of telling the truth. We also have manipulators. These, are the opposite of illustrators. An example of a manipulator can be playing with your wrist-watch, your jewelry, pulling on your ear lobe, etc. People who behave this way tend to be hiding something. The last, commonly unknown sign of hiding something is reptile tissue, most people have a reptile tissue in their nose, and it itches when you’re hiding something. But, before you assume that the person is hiding something, please establish a base line.
Base Line: A base line is what someone acts like when they are not lying. You have to get a base line before you proceed with anything. Imagine you have a itch on your nose ever since you got out of bed. And someone thinks you are hiding something because you scratch your nose when answering a question…oops. What the person should have done is establish a baseline. To establish a baseline, you need to see the person when they aren’t lying. Try asking what their name is, and what they do for a living.
Look out for micro-expressions. Micro-expressions are split second facial expressions that flash on a person’s face for a less than a 25th of a second and reveal the person’s true emotion underneath their facade. Some people may be naturally sensitive to them, but almost anybody can easily train to be able to detect microexpressions. Put focus to the upper and lower eyelids, the corner of the eyes, the mouth and the muscles surrounding the mouth, the eyebrows and forehead.
Shaking hands… When you meet the person who you think is deceiving you, shake their hand. Take note of the temperature. When you are sure they are lying to you, pretend to be leaving and quickly grab their hand for a “Good-Bye” Handshake. If the temperature is colder, they are fearful.
Notice the person’s eye movements. Contrary to popular belief, a liar does not always avoid eye contact. Humans naturally break eye contact and look at non-moving objects to help them focus and remember. Liars may deliberately make eye contact to seem more sincere. You can usually tell if a person is remembering something or making something up based on their eye’s movements. When someone is remembering details, their eyes move to the right (your right). When someone is making something up, their eyes move to the left. It’s usually reversed for lefties. (although not always true.)
Be aware of their emotional responses
Timing and duration tends to be off when someone is lying. If you ask someone a question and they respond directly after the question, there is a chance that the person is lying. This can be because they have rehearsed the answer, or they’re already thinking about the answer just to get it over with and move forward. A delayed answer can be a sign of lying. To tell the truth takes 2 parts of your brain at most, however to lie takes 6 parts of your brain. If the person has a long story then you can ask them to tell it backwards. Liars have trouble telling stories backwards, because in their mind they have rehearsed it forwards, but not backwards. And, as with smiling, facial expressions of a poor liar will be limited to the mouth area.
Pay close attention to the person’s reaction to your questions. A liar will often feel uncomfortable and turn their head or body away, or even subconsciously put an object between the two of you. Also, while an innocent person would go on the offensive (usually responding with anger, which will usually be revealed in a microexpression directly after you say you don’t believe them), a guilty person will often go immediately on the defensive (usually by saying something to reassure their facts, such as deflections).
Listen for a subtle delay in responses to questions. An honest answer comes quickly from memory. Lies require a quick mental review of what they have told others to avoid inconsistency and to make up new details as needed. However, when people look up to remember things, it does not necessarily mean that they are lying.
Be conscious of their usage of words. Verbal expression can give many clues as to whether a person is lying, such as:
Using/repeating your own exact words when answering a question
Not using contractions
Avoiding direct statements or answers (deflections)
Speaking excessively in an effort to convince
Speaking in a monotonous tone
Speaking in muddled sentences
Vocal pitch rising
Using classic qualifiers such as “I’m only going to say this once…”
Using humor and sarcasm to avoid the subject
Using Deflections (beating around the bush, not answering the question.)
Allow silence to enter the conversation.
If they’re lying, they will become uncomfortable if you stare at them for a while with a look of disbelief. If they’re telling the truth, they will usually become angry or just frustrated (lips pressed together, brows down, upper eyelid tensed and pulled down to glare).
Change the subject quickly. While an innocent person would be confused by the sudden shift in the conversation and may try to return to the previous subject, a liar will be relieved and welcome the change. You may see the person become more relaxed and less defensive.
Watch his or her throat. A person may constantly be either trying to lubricate their throat when he/she lies by swallowing or clearing their throat to relieve the tension built up. A person’s voice can also be a good lie indicator; they may suddenly start talking faster or slower than normal, or their tension may result in a higher-pitched speaking tone. See baseline info
Check the facts. If you have the means, check the validity of what the liar is saying. A skilled liar might give some reason why you shouldn’t talk to the person who could confirm or deny a story. Perhaps the liar will infer that the person is particularly favourable towards the liar, or that the person would have little time for you. These are probably lies themselves, so might be worthwhile overcoming your reluctance and to check with the person you’ve been warned against.
Judge the character. Most people tell the truth most of the time, and will cherish their reputation. Liars will ’sail close to the wind’ – they’ll artificially bolster their reputation so that they seem more credible or desirable than they actually are.
If you overhear a version of an anecdote that seems wrong, listen to those alarm bells – it might be a liar.
If someone takes the time out to ingratiate themselves with you out of the blue, it’s very flattering, but you have to ask, why are they doing that?
If John rubbishes or smears people more than normal, John is possibly putting in the groundwork so the audience are more receptive to John, and less receptive to the people who John has lied to – they’re discredited before they can say ‘John is a liar’.
Note -

Some people are extremely experienced or even professional liars. He or she has told their made up story so many times that they are actually believable, getting all their days, dates and times down perfectly! Sometimes, you may need to simply accept that you can’t catch every lie all the time.
If you do catch a lie, don’t reveal it to the liar; they will just adjust their story. Once you know one thing that is not true, you can use it to find more of the net of lies, and other nets of lies. Then decide which points you reveal and to whom.

What one word best describes the world today?

Should we give another chance to the so called Democracy in Pakistan ?

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Google to introduce multi-account sign-in:
Users of Google services will be able to sign-in to different accounts in the same browser soon, as the company is rolling out multi-account sign-in to its users, reports Josh Lowensohn of cnet.

According to Google Operating System blog, the company is in the process of introducing a new feature that lets users cycle through up to three of their registered Google accounts without having to re-identify their credentials. It means that the user is allowed to sign in to more than one account using the same browser session. However, the user can only sign in to a maximum of three accounts at a time. Adding to it, users will be able to switch from one to another with a simple drop down menu.
The new system requires opting in from a user's Google account management page. Once enabled, the user can switch accounts in Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Code, and Google's Sites products through the use of a drop-down menu at the top right-hand corner of compatible Google sites.

However, this solution does not truly enable users to be logged in to two different accounts at once. Users cannot run two tabs of Gmail with a different account in the same browser instance.

I believe the pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.... what do you all think ...